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LIBERTY
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FUNDS GROUP
LIBERTY FUNDS GROUP LLC
COLONIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.
COLONIAL ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.
STEIN ROE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES Stein Roe & Farnham Incorporated
LIBERTY FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC.
LIBERTY FUNDS SERVICES, INC.
June 5, 2000
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Liberty Variable Investment Trust (Trust)
Liberty Value Fund, Variable Series; Stein Roe Global Utilities Fund,
Variable Series; Colonial Small Cap Value Fund, Variable Series;
Colonial U.S. Growth & Income Fund, Variable Series; Colonial
Strategic Income Fund, Variable Series; Colonial High Yield Securities
Fund, Variable Series; Liberty All-Star Equity Fund, Variable Series;
Colonial International Fund for Growth, Variable Series; Newport Tiger
Fund, Variable Series; Colonial International Horizons Fund, Variable
Series; Colonial Global Equity Fund, Variable Series; Crabbe Huson
Real Estate Investment Fund, Variable Series (the Funds) File Nos.
33-59216 and 811-7556
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, please accept this letter as certification that the Prospectuses dated
June 1, 2000 and Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 2000, Revised
June 1, 2000, for the Funds does not differ from that contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 (the "Amendment") to the Trust's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A. The Amendment was filed electronically on June 1, 2000.
Very truly yours,
LIBERTY VARIABLE INVESTMENT TRUST
on behalf of
Liberty Value Fund, Variable Series; Stein Roe Global Utilities Fund, Variable
Series; Colonial Small Cap Value Fund, Variable Series; Colonial U.S. Growth &
Income Fund, Variable Series; Colonial Strategic Income Fund, Variable Series;
Colonial High Yield Securities Fund, Variable Series; Liberty All-Star Equity
Fund, Variable Series; Colonial International Fund for Growth, Variable Series;
Newport Tiger Fund, Variable Series; Colonial International Horizons Fund,
Variable Series; Colonial Global Equity Fund, Variable Series; Crabbe Huson Real
Estate Investment Fund, Variable Series
By: /s/Suzan M. Barron
Suzan M. Barron
Assistant Secretary
cc: M. Muller (5)
J. DiMaria
D. Young (2)
Portfolio Managers
L. DiSilva
M. Jarstfer
One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111-2621
